The Witches (Lilia Araujo)

Reading Report 3

Bruno and the boy managed to arrive at Grandma’s room. Though they scared her, she remained calm somehow for the first minutes. But then, she broke into tears and the boy explained to her what had happened. 

Next, he remembered that The Grand High Witch was staying at room 454, which might have been right below theirs and so, he proposed entering from the balcony. They went to check and, to their surprise, it actually was below theirs! He entered the room and was about the escape with one of the mouse-maker bottles, but then the door burst open. Thankfully, by the time the other witches arrived to get their bottles, he saw a chance and escaped. 

Later, while knowing that the witches were going to have supper, Grandma and he started plotting something to sprinkle the mouse-maker all over their food. So, what the boy was going to do was enter the kitchen, wait and listen to find out which pot had the witches’ soup, and all this while learning how to use his tail. Luckily, he managed to pour the formula into the right pot and, thus, they only had to wait. But, as he headed towards the exit, the cooks found him and started chasing after him. One of them cut out part of his tail, harming him badly. Yet, he managed to flee.

Subsequently, he arrived at Grandma’s table, and not so long after arrived Mr Jenkins, Bruno’s father, which had been previously told that his son was now a mouse. When he saw Bruno and knew who did that to him, he decided to confront the witches. But just as he was heading towards their table, they began to shrink! 

After the ruckus, Bruno was handed to his parents, and Grandma and the boy headed back to Norway. Once there, Grandma adapted the place and created tons of gadgets for her grandson to live easier.

Eventually, they found out more information about the witches and The Grand High Witch-to-be. Their headquarters were actually in Norway! They would make the mouse-maker formula, and bring tons of cats to eat the mice. And with that, they had made plans for several years ahead!